Joshua 3
Israel Passes over the
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And Joshua rose early in the morning; and
they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the
children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed
over.
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And it came to pass after three days,
that the officers went through the host;
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and they commanded the people, saying,
When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall
remove from your place, and go after it.
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Yet there shall be a space between you
and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it,
that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
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And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do
wonders among you.
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And Joshua spake unto the priests,
saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the
people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before
the people.
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And the LORD said
unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of
all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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And thou shalt command the priests that
bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink
of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
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And Joshua said unto the children of
Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
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And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know
that the living God is among you, and that he will
without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Per'izzites, and the
Gir'gashites, and the Amorites, and the Jeb'usites.
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Behold, the ark of the covenant of the
Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
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Now therefore take you twelve men out of
the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
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And it shall come to pass, as soon as the
soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the
waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall
stand upon a heap.
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And it came to pass, when the people
removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests
bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
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and as they that bare the ark were come
unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were
dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his
banks all the time of harvest,)
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that the waters which came down from
above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city
Adam, that is beside Zar'etan; and those that came down
toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against
Jericho.
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And the priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground
in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry
ground, until all the people were passed clean over
Jordan.
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